Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Veronica eriogyne H.J.P.Winkl. subgen. Fruticulosae |
Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 480 (1922) |
Native Range | c. China to e. Qinghai and Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4500m |
Description | leaves sessile, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-5cm long, shallowly dentate, racemes 2-4, axillary, producing dense, 2-7cm long spike, flowers ca. 4mm across |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | blue, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |